wheredowestartplanningforbe2erairqualityinIndianci8es?

Dr.SarathGu>kunda

start with disseminating information on •  how much is the pollution •  where is the pollution •  when is the pollution •  what are the sources

how do we address the problem?

ouranswer….

atleastnotwiththis…

Giantvacuumcleaner?

2.5crore

(equivalent of at least two continuous monitoring stations)

35 11

Discon8nuousReal-8meMonitors

people cover their unwillingness to act under the guise of unending inquiry… we can't do anything because, we don't yet know everything…

Jon Stewart, The Daily Show (final episode, 2015)

so,wheredowestart?

Particulate Matter (PM) PM10

PM2.5

SO2

NO2

Ozone

CO

SourceContribu-ons

industries

vehicleexhaust

powerplants

roaddust

domes8cfuels

garbageburning

construc8on%

%%

%

%

%

%

AirPollu8oninIndianCi8es

GBD2010(Lancet,2012)

6th

~627,000prematuredeaths

~100,000fromhouseholdpollu8ontooutdoor

Emissions

Pollution

Pollutants

MoH Report,2016

SO2

DatafromtheManualSta8ons

DatafromtheManualSta8ons

PM10

NO2

DatafromtheManualSta8ons

450

Allmanualsta8ons

30-40%collec8on

LimitedCAMS

LimitedPM2.5

Limitedaccess

Sta8onsunderthena8onalambientmonitoringprogram(NAMP)

Whereisthedata?

Discon8nuousReal-8meMonitors

Discon8nuousReal-8meMonitors

Ques8on

Dowewantdiscon8nuousinforma8onfortenpollutants

Or

Dowewantcon8nuousinforma8onforonecri8calpollutantattenloca8ons

7500crores

forupto30CAMSpercity,in50ci8es,for10yearsofopera8ons

500crores

forupto50BAMS(PM2.5only)percity,in50ci8es,for10yearsofopera8ons

75crores

forupto100lowcostPM2.5monitorspercity,in50ci8es,for10yearsofopera8ons

•  Handheld monitors like Dust-Traks for PM or BAMS

•  Low-cost monitors

Alterna8ves

PM2.5Real-8meMonitors

#Indiaspend

surveysandmodellingtosupporturbanenvironments

Social awareness Health awareness What else?

odd/evenruleinDelhi….

DelhiOn-roadExposures

55% of the day time population exposed to air pollution (HEI)

BusStops

Walk

Cycle

2-WheelersAutoRickshaw

CarOW(Open-window)

BusOW

BusAC

CarACMetroPlaaorm

Metro

PM2.5 Monitor GPS Relative Humidity

In-vehiclePM2.5exposure

Goeletal.,2015

SampleDataCollec-onRun

Goeletal.,2015

UrbanSprawlbetween1990and2013

AirPollu8onModelinginDelhi

Resultsfrom3DEulerianChemicalTransportModeling@1kmgridresolu8onovera80x80km2domain

h2p://delhiairquality.info

In Delhi, 20 min of idling for cars = Rs. 1 crores in fuel losses (~$150,000) per day

Driving8meisspentidlingforpassenger

cars

LudhianaDelhiVizag

Goel&Gu>kunda,2014

On-roadIdlingPollu8on

20%

“Pollution Under Check” (PUC) Data Analysis

Petrol Car

Motorcycle

Fuel Station Surveys

2-3 minutes per response

age mix vehicle usage by age

fuel efficiency

Goeletal.,2014

DelhiOn-roadEmissions

AtmosphericEnvironment(2015)

Na8onalTransportEmissions20302012

2030

PlanningCommissionsNDTPCreport;GuHkundaandMohan,2013More@hNp://www.urbanemissions.info

informa8ontopolicysupport

Coal-firedthermalpowerplants

2013 2014

Coal-firedthermalpowerplants

AtmosphericEnvironment(2014)

oldnew

oldnew

oldnew

Coal-firedthermalpowerplants

DrakstandardsproposedinApril,2015AmendedinDecember,2015

AtmosphericEnvironment(2014)

30 100 100 0.03

oldnew

oldnew

oldnew

openanduntappedinforma8on

ShareofHHfuelconsump8ontooutdoorPM2.5pollu8on

improvingeconomicmeasures

Pollution tax for diesel vehicles Or

DPF’s for diesel vehicles

People cover their unwillingness to act under the guise of unending inquiry - we can't do anything because, we don't yet know everything

Jon Stewart, The Daily Show (final episode, 2015)

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Thankyou